1940
Sailor – Bentham, Richard –Eight Years In Navy
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 10 February 1940
Eight Years In Navy
Now and again the German radio announcers have decided they had better sink...
Soldier – Biggs, Fred – Service Snap
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 17 February 1940
Service Snaps
Pte. Fred Biggs, aged 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Biggs, 39, Cross...
Soldier – Cater L. – Qualified Signalman
South Yorkshire Times, February 24, 1940
Qualified Signalman
Signalman L. Cater. son of Mr. and Mrs. L Cater, of Water Works House, Mexborough, is at present...
Soldier – Kelly, Sam – Football with the French
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 17 February 1940
Football with the French
Pte. Sam Kelly, who will be remembered by local sportsmen as a Mexborough...
Soldier – Severns, Ron – Doing His Bit (picture)
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 17 February 1940
Doing His Bit
Pte. Ron Severns joined the Territorials in May last year.
He was called up at...
Soldier – Webster H. – Verses by the Boys
South Yorkshire Times, February 24, 1940
Verses By The Boys
Private H. Webster, formerly of Roman Terrace, Mexborough, and now of Doncaster Road, Goldthorpe, was called...
Soldier – Geary, Arthur – In Australia
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 03 February 1940
In Australia.
Mr. Arthur Geary, a Mexborough man who emigrated to Western Australia about twelve years ago,...
Soldier – Nicholson Bros – Three Out of Seven
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 10 February 1940
Three Out Of Seven
Out of a family of seven Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Nicholson, of...
Soldiers – Smith, Fred & Bisby, Cyril – Railmen Join Up
South Yorkshire Times, February 24, 1940
Railmen Join Up
Two Mexborough men, Mr. Fred Smith, 8, Phoenix Street, and Mr. Cyril Bisby, H. Chaucer Road, have...
Editorial – The Nelson Touch (video)
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 24 February 1940
The Nelson Touch
The latest exploit of the British Navy rounds off the story of the...